Activities at Cubbington Mill Care Home
Every day we run different activities throughout our home. The activities are designed and adapted to each individuals personal needs. The activities are designed to mentally and physically stimulate the people we care for and also to enhance their life skills and feelings of purpose and self-worth. The activities encourage interaction on a one to one basis, in small groups, in large groups and some are designed for the whole home including staff to be involved in.
We are registered with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) which ensures we are able to achieve and continually progress to enhance the quality of life for those we support in the home. We provide entertainers such as singers, musicians, magicians, puppeteers, poets and dancers. We also have regular exercise classes and arts and craft classes. Relatives and visitors will be able to see what me make in these classes on display around the home. We have regular trips out on the mini bus to visit garden centres, enjoy high tea, visit the butterfly farm and spend the day at the zoo with a picnic. We encourage the local community, schools, colleges and relatives to come and join us for activities, tea and cake and to visit to share their skills as much as possible.
Staff from across the home are always willing to help and share their knowledge and skills across a whole range of activities we have had everything from carers preforming Bollywood style dancing to cooking classes from the chef. We feel activities are a vital part of the residents lives to ensure they are stimulated mentally and entertained.
Rose Tucker
Hi my name is Rose and I am the activities coordinator at Cubbington Mill!
I have been working in care since I was 17 and very passionate about my role, always trying to do bigger & better. I am one of Cubbington Mills Dementia Champions. I'm very privileged to work with the wonderful people and residents at Barchester's Cubbington Mill and hope we all make some lovely memories together! I LOVE to find out about residents interests & hobbies through tools like the “Getting To Know Me Booklets”.
We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here to contact me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Cubbington Mill Care Home
Our Youngest Volunteer
Jessica is 6 years old and is our youngest volunteer; she comes in during the school holidays and after school as much as she can.
Jessica has been visiting the residents since she was a baby; her mum, Laura, was a Care Assistant at Cubbington Mill until she left to become a full time mum to Jessica. Laura continued to bring Jessica in to visit, as her Nanny, May, was a resident. Laura is now part of the admin team and is the smiling face we love to see on a Monday morning.
Jessica likes to spend time reading and playing games with residents. She enjoys talking and listening about their lives and brightens everybody’s day when she calls in. We would like to say a huge thank you to Jessica for all her hard work and commitment to Cubbington Mill.
Friday Fun
We celebrated the arrival of the weekend with a few drinks and a good catch-up with friends.
There was a selection of drinks available, including some flavoured gins, produced at a local brewery.
We had great fun talking about how each resident would spend their usual Friday nights and remembering back to the fun Friday nights they had before moving into the home. We learnt about the mischief and frolics they would get up to – what great fun!
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon
We enjoyed listening to a live singer who sang classic songs from the '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s – and even a bit of country and western too. We enjoyed tasting the home made cakes provided by some of the carers and their loved ones. A selection of cakes, biscuits, teas and coffees were on offer, which helped us to raise over £60 – and we are very proud!
Waldermar Does it Again!
Waldemar collected the Gold Award for Leamington in Bloom, which he has won every year since 2009.
He was presented the award at a ceremony at Leamington Spa’s Town Hall by Caroline Evetts, Elected Mayor of Royal Leamington Spa.
Waldemar is very proud of the garden at Cubbington Mill and it brings great delight to residents, relatives, visitors and staff at the home.
We would like to say a huge congratulations and thank you to Waldemar for his continuing hard work.
Barchester in Bloom
We're proud to announce that Cubbington Mill has been named as a divisional winner in the 'Residents' Garden of the Year' category for the 2017 Barchester in Bloom competition. Well done to everyone who made this possible!
Employee of the Month - August
The award went to Laura, our Admin Assistant, who goes above and beyond her job role.
Laura is the smiling face who welcomes everybody to Cubbington Mill, who will make you a cup of tea or get the sun shades out. Laura will help residents, staff and loved ones in any way she can. She really deserved the recognition and was very thankful for her award.
A big 'well done' to Laura!
